Beautiful Country Burn Again

Ben Fountain

As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the Great Depression. The third, is Donald Trump. Taking in America's love affair with firearms, celebrity culture, Russia, Obamacare, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Trump himself, Fountain explores how the U.S reached a new crisis point and looks to a way forward.